Baseball Notebook

Thursday, February 4, 1999

Baseball Notebook

Waves walk away with win

The Pepperdine Waves baseball team went into Jackie Robinson
Stadium yesterday undefeated on the season and walked away with
another win, 8-6.

However, UCLA took the lead in their half of the first inning by
scoring four runs, stopping an offensive drought.

With Jon Brandt, on the mound, who came into the game with a
12.1 innings consecutive shutout streak, the Bruins looked like
they were in the drivers seat.

That was until the brake pedal got stuck and the pitchers could
not let off on the gas.

After pitching two and a third innings, Brandt swerved out of
control by walking two batters and then hitting a batter,
consecutively.

The Waves would cash in on the wildness by scoring five runs in
the third inning and taking a 5-4 lead.

The Bruins would come back to tie it up in the bottom of the
seventh, knocking Jay Adams – the Pepperdine pitcher – out of the
game after he relieved the starting Waves pitcher, Stephen Correa,
in the first inning.

UCLA looked to be poised to take the lead but once again
wildness took over.

"I give Pepperdine credit for doing a good job (and) the batters
on being disciplined at the plate," Coach Gary Adams said.

Finally, the UCLA pitchers tired as the Waves’ batters kept
going deep into the count. Eventually, Pepperdine tagged on two
more runs in the top of the eighth to seal a victory.

Where the wild things are

UCLA pitchers have developed an extreme case of inaccuracy so
far this year. Overall, the whole pitching staff has served up 26
walks and hit eight batters on the year.

With so many walks, the pitchers have had to face more batters
than they should have, contributing to a 3.67 ERA.

"You have no chance to get outs when you walk batters," coach
Gary Adams said. "It is not acceptable and not up to our
standards.

"I am not going to put up with it."

Battering Ram

The one positive on the day was the reemergence of UCLA’s
offense.

Before the Pepperdine game, UCLA had only 41 hits on the season.
Against the Waves, they notched a season high eight hits and
knocked in six RBI’s.

Milestone

This weekend against Georgia Tech, head coach Gary Adams will
try for his 800th career win.

His UCLA record is 799-647-7 over 24 years.

Compiled by Rocky Salmon, Daily Bruin Staff.

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